Thomas Ernest Haines was 21 when he was last seen on January 10, 1980, in the Prince of Wales area of Alaska. He left the Hollis YACC camp headed for Karta Lake and was traveling alone; the route he took is unknown. He was described with blond hair, a blond beard and blue eyes.

He was wearing grey wool clothing, brown boots, a tan wool hat and tan wool gloves. He carried a blue pack containing a sleeping bag and a canvas tarp. There are no known witnesses to his journey and no sign of him since that day; the Alaska State Troopers list the case as unsolved and have presumed he did not survive the wilderness.

If anyone has memories of Thomas, details about the Hollis camp in January 1980, or information about travel between Hollis and Karta Lake around that time, please share what you know.